The party`s leader Mustafa Azizabadi claimed that Rangers personnel arrested Ishaq on Thursday night near Sindh High Court when he was leaving for his home. Another MQM-London Rabita Committee member, University of Karachi`s Assistant Registrar Arif Haider, was taken into custody and was shifted to an undisclosed location.

Nadeem Nusrat`s reaction

MQM-London Convener Nadeem Nusrat demanded the government to stop LEAs from abducting his party workers.

In an issued statement Nusrat said that the banned outfits are given free hand by the state to operate in the city while a ban is imposed on the political activities of MQM in a crackdown.He claimed that today former Town Nazim Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Javed Ahmed, was detained by the law enforcement agencies. He further said that the motives behind the detention were to prevent people from participating in MQM-London`s Istihkam-e-Pakistan rally. He demanded the release of the party workers.